
The producers of 2025’s “28 Years Later” were certainly assuming interest in the return of the zombie thriller franchise would be sky high, taking a risk by putting a sequel into production right after the first feature finished shooting. Seven months later, there’s now “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple,” which picks up right after the last chapter of the “28 Days Later” saga, this time without the guidance of director Danny Boyle, who left his somewhat aimless movie in a state of shock with a last minute set-up for a sequel that involved a gang of bewigged youths in track suits delivering martial art moves to stomp the infected. It seemed the next stop on this cinematic journey would be a dive into complete camp, but, mercifully, “The Bone Temple” pulls out of this tonal tailspin, offering a darker, more story driven focus on the pains of this ruinous world. And, thankfully, all the flipping and fighting is gone. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com
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